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Sometimes it is the toughest thing just to win one game, no matter how lopsided the game looks like it will be. Fri nite I lose all 4 of my plays: The M's lose 1-0 to a Clev team that can't beat anyone; Milw loses after taking early 3-0 lead and then not scoring again; Atl loses after scoring 4 runs in first 2 innings and then doesn't get a hit after the 3rd, and of course the Balt game. They too scored early, then went to sleep. Ray blows the game in the 9th. So of course needing 2 in the bottom of the ninth, O's go quietly without a hint of a rally. Today trailing by 7 runs, O's kept comiong against pitcher after pitcher that they couldn't hit on Fri nite.
I fully expected Jenks to give up 2 in 9th and blow the game. Am still a little surprised he didn't.
I know this: after what I've seen in the major leagues this year, I don't feel confident with any lead, no matter the size, no matter the team, once the game gets to the bullpen. This is the worst relief pitching I have ever seen in many years of watching big-league baseball. Of courese, no one talks about it, but I think the relief pitchers miss the juice more than any other players in the game. That's my theory and I'm sticking with it.
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